For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
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twist now. The Spirit-led believer restrains evil and promotes good. The Spirit-led believer restrains evil and promotes good. 2 Thessalonians 2.7 says, The mystery of lawlessness is already at work, and he who is now restraining will do so until he is taken out of the way. Okay, That verse is talking about the restraining work of the Holy Spirit through the church in the world in the last days. I believe we're in the last days. I believe Christ could come back at any time. How many of you believe that with me? Okay. He could come back at any time. And though he will return for us to call all true believers home on what we sometimes call the rapture of the church. where we're caught up to meet the Lord in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. And after we're raptured, after we're taken off of this earth, the great tribulation period begins that lasts for seven years. And it's inaugurated by a person the Bible calls the beast and the antichrist. …
… restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. Something is holding back this man of sin from being revealed. What is it? For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. only he who restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way and then the lawless one aka antichrist aka son of perdition aka man of sin then the lawless one will be revealed whom the lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders. Okay, what is this restraining force that is keeping the Antichrist and these events from unfolding? What is it or who is it? And I say what is it or who is it because in verse 6, you know what is restraining. And then in verse 7, he puts a personal pronoun to it. He, and notice it's capitalized in your Bible, right? He who restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. So there have been many guesses as to who or what this restraining influence is. Some have said it's the government. …
… And now you know what is restraining, that he, the son of perdition, may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains will do so until he, notice this, personal pronoun. So whoever he is who's restraining is holding back this evil one, the son of perdition, he is taken out of the way. So when whoever the, what and who the restrainer is will someday be taken out of the way. It doesn't say he leaves. I believe he's talking about the Holy Spirit. He steps out of the way. That's all. And then the lawless one, notice, then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming. That's the second coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders. Boy, we don't have the time to get into what that means. …
… Watch this. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, for only he who now restrains will do so until he is, what? Until he is taken out of the way. It doesn't mean he leaves. It means he is taken out of the way. Any of you guys play football? And if you're a quarterback or a running back, you always wanted to buy all of your linemen hamburgers and milkshakes and gifts because if your linemen worked for you, you had a good day. But if your linemen didn't like you, they would just turn like this. And those linemen or linebackers would kill you back here. Are you with me, everybody? That's the word. The Spirit of God is holding back the evil until he goes like this. And he lets it go. And this is my opinion. What I believe what happens when he lets it go, that's John 14, verse 1, 2, and 3, where the Holy Spirit says, here, Jesus, here's your church. …